Improvement in handle for cross-cut saws



To whom 'it may concern c diluted gieten EMANUELANDREWS, orYWILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

Lezers Patent No. 104,095, awed im 14, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLE FOR CROSS-CUT SAWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent ana making part cf thesame.

Be it known that I, EMANUEL ANDREWS, of Williamsport, in the county ofLycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Handles for Cross-cut Saws; p and I do hereby declarethat the following is a true and accu rate description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters ofreference marked thereon, and being a part of this speciiication, inwhich- Figure 1 is an elevation of my handle, as when attached to across-cut saw.

Figure 2 is vertical transverse section of the same: and y l Figure 3 isa bottom plan of the winged sleeve.

Similar letters ofreference indicate .corresponding parts in eachfigure. 4 f Y The nat-ure of this invention relates to an improvedconsti-notion of handles for cross-cut saws, and consists in a novelferule,'hexagonal in its upper inner portion, where ,it is provided witha hexagonal nut, and cylindrical in its lower inner part, where a woodenhandle is inserted* In the drawingv A represents a handle, in whoselower end is bored a recess, d.

B is metallic ferule, slipped over the lower end of the handle,projecting its tip b therefrom; the interior of the tip bis hexagonal inform, and in its base, between it and the end of the handle is insertedaunt, G, which is prevented from being drawn out by tapering it tocorrespond with the interior walls of the tip, orit may be provided witha ange, as shown in fig. 2.

Dis a-winged sleeve which fits loosely on the tip of the ferule, and isprovided with a longitudinal groove, d, on its lowerside, which embracesthe back of the saw-blade E.

F is a tang having a slot, j, in its lower part to receive thesaw-blade. The upper part of the tangV is threaded, and engages with thenut C, while its central'portion is squared, as shown at g, fig. 2, andpasses through the square opening e, g. 3, of the sleeve.

The handle is secured to the saw by partially unscrewing the handle fromthe ltang; the saw is then inserted in the slot f of the tang, and thewinged sleeve D dropped down, so that its groove d will embracepthe edgeof the saw, when, by screwing np the handle, the tang is drawn in towardthe nut, carrying the saw withit, firmly binding the whole together;

the handle is as readily detached, when necessary.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp v The ferule B, hexagonal in its upper inner portion, where it isprovided with a hexagonal nut, C, and ey-' lindrical in its lower innerpart, when construct-ed as described and shown, and for the purpose setforth. EMANUEL ANDREWS. Witnesses:

H. S. SBRAGUE, JAS. I. DAY.

